VMworld 2007

Show Logistics

2007-09-16T19:39:06Z

A quick comment on the show logistics...(read more)

Day Three

2007-09-14T21:58:29Z

Day Three I only did a half day today since I had to get to checkout of the hotel and get to the airport. I did manage to attend two troubleshooting sessions. I've noticed a pattern with these sessions: they are either too short or too complicated for the time allotted. Both of the sessions quickly reviewed the ESX boot process and diverged from there. The first session focused on where to find info. The presenter threw in various tasty tidbits of info, but he pretty much covered where all the...(read more)

Looking back over VMworld 2007

2007-09-13T23:14:37Z

Looking back over the VMworld 2007, I have to say I found this to be a great event. I've had to reevaluate my perception and adjust my expectations--but in no way for the worse. This being my first time at VMworld Ii have to admit that what I expected going in was deep technical sessions, sharp sales oriented sessions and a circus of sales people in a large hall....(read more)

ESX Server 3I

2007-09-13T16:46:34Z

As Adam also mentioned in his general session overview earlier, vmware announced the release of ESX Server 3i, for those who havn't looked much into it i just wanted to summarize what i learned so far. ...(read more)

My life in Day Two

2007-09-13T09:15:05Z

Day two My first session of the day was on the topic of VM in gov't and education. The big takeway on this one is collaboration. The panel members' project were very successful because they collaborated with other gov't (or educational) entities. A great example is DR. Two counties got together to act as each other's DR site. Vm is a great enabler of this since the hardware outlay is small compared to the cost of a full data center. There is a sessions about two univerisities doing...(read more)

Cisco's Datacenter 3.0 integration with VMware

2007-09-13T08:50:45Z

Cisco announced this week that it would be integrating it's VFrame Data Center appliance with VMware's Virtual Infrastructure product. This combination of products is slated to bring virtualized server, network and storage all together. It will allow people to create fully encapsulated environments that can be moved from one environment to another with ease. This would include switches, load balancers, firewalls, etc. to be configured from a centralized interface....(read more)

VMwares purchase of Dunes

2007-09-12T16:23:20Z

Just wanted to comment on the purchase of Dunes software. ...(read more)

Final Day One thoughts

2007-09-12T14:48:56Z

Here's the last of my Day One: I only attended one afternoon session. It was "AMD- One year later". I was impressed by what they did, and did not, say. First of all, the group at AMD doing VM is not as big as I thought. I've attended one of Intel's Premier IT shows and they talk about how they have 50K servers and are growing. Here's AMD talking 500 servers. Turns out these guys are in global ops. They manage systems such as email, ERP, and such. They don't touch any...(read more)

VMworld - Enivronmentalism

2007-09-11T22:26:31Z

One of the items that has been emphasized is a "green" theme to the conference. The conference is being held in the Moscone Center which has been touted as being environmentally friendly. This is through the use of recycling and various energy conservation efforts. The VMware conference has also emphasized utilizing refillable water canisters vs bottled water, using electronic surveys vs paper (although I am given a paper survey in every session), and Wyse has a lease on an energy efficient...(read more)

Tuesday - Sessions and keynotes (oh my!)

2007-09-11T22:22:50Z

The sessions have had tremendous turnout for the attendees. In many of the supersessions that I have attended there has been an extremely long waiting line for people that were not able to schedule them. These sessions have ranged from top 10 issues with VirtualCenter to implementing Active Directory in a virtualized environment. As with all conferences the quality of the sessions varies with each presenter and topic. I have had some very good level 3 courses and some that seemed more like they were...(read more)

New DR capabilties from morning sessions

2007-09-11T17:41:20Z

Short synopsis of Site Recovery Manager...(read more)

And They're Off!!!

2007-09-11T14:22:38Z

First day of general access is underway. I, along with thousands of others anxiously awaited the opening of the Solutions Center. If you've ever seen video or experienced the running of the bulls in Pamplona, you have an idea of the throng of people attempting to get into the Exchange as it opened....(read more)

VMWorld 2007 - My Day One

2007-09-11T13:55:46Z

General thoughts on VMWorld September 11, 2007....(read more)

Thoughts on Keynote

2007-09-11T12:53:42Z

1st REAL day of sessions thoughts Keynote I have to start out by saying the Diane Greene needs to hang out with either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs to learn presentation skills. She's seems very uncomfortable and does not exhibit large amounts of charisma. Personality aside, her keynote focused on what we've been hearing for the last year or so: DR, BC, VDI, etc. One theme that was prevalent was "Flexible and Dymanic IT". She also spoke on how virtualization has moved from tactical...(read more)

VMUG Leadership

2007-09-11T09:57:40Z

Arrived yesterday afternoon and it has been non stop activities. Attended the VMUG (VMware User Group) leadership meeting yesterday. Some really good discussions regarding several aspects how to plan, finance and run the meetings. As I mentioned in my first post, the VMware User Group's are a great way to meet your peers and trade ideas. VMware is looking for people to volunteer as leaders and if you belong to the core customer program you can earn points and redeem them towards education, swag...(read more)